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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Mowat hear on his radio?
(a) Spanish
(b) Norwegian
(c) French
(d) English

2. The radio batteries are good for how long?
(a) Eight hours
(b) Six hours
(c) Twenty hours
(d) Twelve hours

3. What geographical feature does Mowat see through his binoculars?
(a) A volcanic cone
(b) A rock cave
(c) A sand esker
(d) A giant cliff

4. How long was Mowat given to submit his first progress report?
(a) Six weeks
(b) Two weeks
(c) Two months
(d) A month

5. How many caribou does Mike claim to kill in a good year?
(a) 300
(b) 150
(c) 50
(d) 100

6. Young Mowat finds what dying animals on his grandparents' land?
(a) Three catfish
(b) Four crabs
(c) Two turtles
(d) Five frogs

7. What does Farley Mowat try to feed the wolves?
(a) Cooked steaks
(b) Loaves of bread
(c) Raw steaks
(d) Meatloaf

8. What animals does Mowat witness Angeline hunting?
(a) Rabbits and mice
(b) Ducks and mice
(c) Ducks and geese
(d) Geese and rabbits

9. Where does Mowat figure that the female wolf has disappeared to?
(a) Across the river
(b) Behind a boulder
(c) Into a den
(d) Over a hill

10. What does the wolf do?
(a) Run away
(b) Snarls angriy
(c) Bites Mowat
(d) Attacks Mowat

11. Where does Mowat set up 150 mouse traps?
(a) Near the wolves' den
(b) In a bog near his tent
(c) Inside his own tent
(d) Inside the cabin

12. What best describes Mowat's operations order?
(a) Lucrative
(b) Specific
(c) Unspecific
(d) Secretive

13. Mowat chooses which professional field?
(a) Biology
(b) Ecology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Zoology

14. What, according to Mowat are the most bloodthirsty beats in the Arctic?
(a) Wolves
(b) Mice
(c) Bears
(d) Mosquitoes

15. Mowat's directive was to transport by what means?
(a) Dog sled
(b) Inflated raft
(c) On foot
(d) Canoe

Short Answer Questions

1. Which direction does Mike go?

2. There, Mowat encounters:

3. He is directed to survey which species?

4. Mowat's field professor is an expert on which rodent?

5. Mowat stays in Churchill through what month?

(see the answer keys)

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